Author summary
89%1 analyzed article/video571 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Max McHone results contain 22 faulty reasoning types, including Anchoring Bias, Halo Effect, and Framing Effect, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 35.9% saturation with 819 hits. Analysis detected 2,660 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,284 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 5.3% and a BS Rank of 85% (995 of 6,359 authors). This Max McHone is worse (more manipulative) than 84.40% of the peer group.
Max McHone
Author ranking list
PercentileAuthorBS Score
0%Vivek Chibber1%
0%Sneha Dey1%
0%Ideastream Public Media1%
0%Megan Fan Munce1%
1%Los Angeles Times staff1%
85%Max McHone (selected)6%
100%Greg Rosenstein38%
100%Siham Shamalakh43%
100%Greg Miller54%
100%Kevin Kniestedt60%
100%Bill Radke60%
Author details
Total words: 2,284
Article count: 1
Publications

Ranking context

Position among analyzed authors

84% percentile
025507510084.4% percentile
5.3% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.3K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

AuthorSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Author 35.9%35.9%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Author 7.5%7.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Author 5.5%5.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Author 2.5%2.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Author 1.0%1.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Author 0.6%0.6%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Author 9.7%9.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Author 5.9%5.9%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Author 0.6%0.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Author 4.4%4.4%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Author 35.9%, sitewide 0.5%Framing Effect: Author 7.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Author 5.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Author 2.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Author 5.9%, sitewide 11.1%Anchoring Bias: Author 9.7%, sitewide 4.0%Halo Effect: Author 9.5%, sitewide 6.7%Availability Heuristic: Author 1.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Author 5.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 7.5%Optimism Bias: Author 4.8%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Author 4.1%, sitewide 5.3%Loss Aversion: Author 5.3%, sitewide 2.5%Overconfidence Bias: Author 0.6%, sitewide 4.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Author 4.4%, sitewide 0.8%Recency Bias: Author 4.3%, sitewide 2.7%Self-Serving Bias: Author 1.1%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Author 1.0%, sitewide 3.3%Pessimism Bias: Author 3.0%, sitewide 1.9%Indoctrination: Author 2.6%, sitewide 0.0%False Dilemma: Author 1.7%, sitewide 1.5%Begging the Question: Author 0.6%, sitewide 1.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or ServiceSitewide rateAuthor rate

Analyzed articles and videos